12for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
12for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
9 But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;
11 and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
12 for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
13 until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at the full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;
14 in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of that teaching which is in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;
4:12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
4:12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:12for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
4:12for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
4:12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:12for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
4:12unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,
4:12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: